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| .\" Date: 11/22/2018 |
| .\" Manual: Git Manual |
| .\" Source: Git 2.20.0.rc1 |
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| .TH "GIT\-MKTAG" "1" "11/22/2018" "Git 2\&.20\&.0\&.rc1" "Git Manual" |
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| .SH "NAME" |
| git-mktag \- Creates a tag object |
| .SH "SYNOPSIS" |
| .sp |
| .nf |
| \fIgit mktag\fR |
| .fi |
| .sp |
| .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
| .sp |
| Reads a tag contents on standard input and creates a tag object that can also be used to sign other objects\&. |
| .sp |
| The output is the new tag\(cqs <object> identifier\&. |
| .SH "TAG FORMAT" |
| .sp |
| A tag signature file, to be fed to this command\(cqs standard input, has a very simple fixed format: four lines of |
| .sp |
| .if n \{\ |
| .RS 4 |
| .\} |
| .nf |
| object <sha1> |
| type <typename> |
| tag <tagname> |
| tagger <tagger> |
| .fi |
| .if n \{\ |
| .RE |
| .\} |
| .sp |
| followed by some \fIoptional\fR free\-form message (some tags created by older Git may not have \fBtagger\fR line)\&. The message, when exists, is separated by a blank line from the header\&. The message part may contain a signature that Git itself doesn\(cqt care about, but that can be verified with gpg\&. |
| .SH "GIT" |
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| Part of the \fBgit\fR(1) suite |
